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Got a mate coming back to NZ late next month so im hoping he can throw a bottle or 2 of this magic potion that is like getting blood out of a hens tooth, into his luggage. I have sent a bunch of pics of what it 'might' look like. Does anyone know what exactly he should be looking for in London?

I have compiled a list of my builds from 2014, feel free to add yours as it would be good to see what SMA members produced last year 2014 was a great year for us scale modellers with some landmark kits like the Airfix 1/24 Typhoon and the new Star Wars kits from Bandai being released along with...

Ok, so here is the build, done after work over a week and a full Sunday. Lots of parts, from small to gigantic. Certainly get a lot of plastic for your money. It is the first of Bandai's Re100 range that will feature simpler kits that have previously only being in their simpler, smaller HG...

This build was part of a group build for my local club. Not a bad little kit but steer wheel clear of the Colorado decals, they are absolutely awful. They maybe better in other scales but the adherence and colours are bad at this level. The Manawatu Scale Model Club 2014 Club Group Build...

Just got through watching the first review I've personally seen for the yet to be released range of airbrush ready paints for miniature painters, basically they are to game color as model color is to model air. http://youtu.be/Y7WkwcPZ9k0 Personally I'm a big fan of the vma range so will...

Ok, so I have a finished kit in the cabinet at last. This was built for the MSMC (my local club) WWI themed club night in July and was my first tank, first cammo done without actual masks (previously painting guide was photocopied to size and templates cut from tamiya tape) and is a simple...

First Gundam of 2013 and my first Real Grade (RG 1/144) I gave up High Grades (HG 1/144) after building my first Master Grade (MG 1/100) but had read nothing but good reviews about these recent releases from Bandai which seem to be shrunk down versions of the quite expensive Perfect Grade (PG...

So this was another first for me in an attempt to get some skills in this hobby and to prepare for some builds I want to do during the year. This is my first military vehicle and my first diorama or base with more than 2 colours on it even :-) This kit is a cheap lil italeri kit, the Commando...

I guess this is more follow as I built as it pretty much done minus final pics that will follow once i get my DSLR back from my mates place where it was left at new years. This is my first 'jet' build (excluding an eggplane) in many many years, aprox 15-20 years since i did a f14 badly :-) but...

With my build for my local club build done and a very busy November coming up I thought i'd try to 'knock one out' over the weekend. So from the stah came this kit from Plum Models based on a craft from the videogame Darius Burst. Not something I have ever played but it was a cheap box filler...

Ok, I have been building and photographing but have been really bad at posting so here we go. First off this was probably not the best choice of bike to modify to this style with my skillset but i'm gonna see it through. Most of the mods will be done to the tank/fenders etc. Im gonna try this...

Better late than never. Here is the build of my 2nd entry for the BSC 2013 **coiming soon**

Greeting and salutations. Ive been very very slack with WIP shots of my 2 entries between digital camera's breaking down, short bench stints with little progress and goold old fashioned laziness. But that is about to change, ive got a new camera that ive been using and uploading everything to...

Does anyone know of a site/sites that have circut diagrams for scale models? I have found a lot for rail but almost nothing for auto/military etc that isnt a pre packaged kit. I want to be able to head down the local electronics store to get parts rather than having to import premade kits as...

On Saturday we spent the day 90 minutes or so north of Wellington NZ for the bi-annual sister event of the world famous 'Warbirds Over Wanaka' show called 'Wings Over Wairarapa' which this year featured the last time in NZ the only flying version of DH Mosquito before it heads to the USA, and...

Hi all, well over xmas it got to the point that my stash began over running the wardrobe/cupboards they were stored in so some of my kits have to go. They are all listed on the New Zealand ebay alternative Trademe. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=27009&cid=347 If you are...

Ok, time for my first WIP on SMA. I have just unboxed and stared inital assembly of this kit. (Technically it is a figure but as part of a diorama so could cover 2 sections :-\) Lots of panel lines that will need filling from initial test fits. If you have done this and know any tips or...

Greetings and salutations. Ill start with a who, what, where, and why. Who am I, I am 35 years old and live about 2 hours from the capital city of NZ and about 7 from the largest city Auckland with my wife and 3 cats. In the last 18 months iv'e got right back into a hobby that for various...